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The dictionary of needlework : an encyclopaedia of artistic, plain, and fancy needlework dealing fully with the details of all the stitches employed, the method of working, the materials used, the meaning of technical terms, and, where necessary, tracing the origin and history of the various works described (1882)

Caulfeild, S. F. A. (Sophia Frances Anne), 1824-1911, Saward, Blanche C · London : A.W. Cowan · leaf 75

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e in small pieces,like the other Brussels Laces, the ground and flowers atone time, and the joins carefully arranged so as to behidden by the pattern. The Cordonnet is not a Button-holed edging, but is a thread caught round by others mentioned by old writers. It received the first prize forBone… … FJQ. 99. BEUSSELS PILLOW LACE. The stitches are varied and raised in some parts. Itrequires three people to make it—one to make the flowersand ground, another the fancy stitches, and the third theCordonnet. The habit of whitening the Brussels Lacesprigs, after they are made, with a preparation of…

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